Food Organics and Garden Organics Processing
Tender Overview
About this tender
Overview Glenorchy City Council is seeking to engage a suitably equipped and capable contractor to provide ongoing receipt and processing into compost of Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) waste materials collected through Council's kerbside collection service. Scope The scope includes: Ongoing receipt of Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) waste materials collected through Council's kerbside collection service Processing of the collected FOGO waste materials into compost Contractor Requirements Suitably equipped and capable of receiving and processing FOGO waste materials into compost Instructions to Tenderers Tender documents must be downloaded from the Glenorchy City Council electronic tendering portal website. Tenders must be lodged in the electronic tender box located on the Glenorchy City Council electronic tendering portal website. Tenders must be received in the electronic tender box by no later than 4.00pm on Wednesday 12 August 2026. Council is not necessarily bound to accept the lowest or any other tender. Late tenders may be rejected. Enquiries All enquiries from prospective tenderers about this Request for Tender must be directed to Procurement.Enquiries@gcc.tas.gov.au.
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